Cash row closes Baghdad airport

[benburch]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4622563.stm

Cash row closes Baghdad airport
By Jon Leyne
BBC correspondent in Baghdad

Baghdad airport has been closed indefinitely in a dispute over payment for security.
The British company that provides security to the airport, Global, has withdrawn its services in what it says is a contractual dispute.

Military flights, however, are not affected.

Travelling out of Baghdad airport is hazardous enough at the best of times but now it is not possible at all, at least on civilian flights.

It is understood that Global has not been paid by the Iraqi government for three months.

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[acmavm]

1. That's funnier than hell. We've sent enough money over there to pay

everyone for everything five times over. And how much have the Brits kicked in?

Talk about frigging rip offs, where is all of the damn money going?

[benburch]

2. Haliburton's Pockets, of course!

And into numbered bank accounts in the Grand Cayman Islands.

This is a kleptocracy we have here; Government by thieves.

[AmandaRuth]

3. I guess those security contractors

were a little slow in grabbing the duffel bags, eh.